Motel checks in again

By Pat Torfe

Posted 20 years ago

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Further proof that Hollywood has run out of ideas (and close to running out of stuff to remake), MGM announced today that the next film on the fasttrack to remakeville is Kevin Connor’s 1980 slasher parody MOTEL HELL, which is set to be in theatres by December 7th.

Now while I never saw the original (I’m a deprived college student on placement, I know…), you really have to wonder how desperate studios are getting when they go out of their way to remake an obscure film like this. I mean, what next, PROM NIGHT? Oh, wait…

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Pat Torfe

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Favorite Movies: Inception, Gremlins, Dog Soldiers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), John Carpenter's read more The Thing, The Evil Dead Trilogy, Halloween (1978), Friday The 13th Parts IV, VI, VII, Predator, Transformers: The Movie, Aliens, Ghostbusters, The Ultimate Versus, Batman, Blade, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Super Troopers, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, The Crow, Freddy Vs Jason

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